News tagged with immunotherapy
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New technique reinforces immune cells that seek and destroy cancer
In what could be a shot in the arm for adoptive immunotherapy, new Stanford University research shows promise in enhancing and controlling the growth of T cells in living mice and in human cell cultures, potentially overcoming ...
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Apr 26, 2010 |
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Scientists discover how to improve immune response to cancer
A team of scientists at The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research (CFIBCR) at Princess Margaret Hospital and international collaborators have discovered how to trigger an improved immune response to cancer ...
Apr 26, 2009 |
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Allergy vaccine is nothing to sneeze at
Monash University researchers are working on a vaccine that could completely cure asthma brought on by house dust mite allergies.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 21, 2011 |
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New peanut allergy treatment works, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Allergy experts at the University of Cambridge have convincing evidence that a new treatment for peanut allergies is effective, following a three-year trial.
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Liquid biomaterials take stem cell therapy to new level
At present, cartilage implants created using stem cells can only be constructed as a solid shape, acting as an interim measure before the almost inevitable need for total joint replacement.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Experimental vaccine sets sights on lung cancer
An experimental immunotherapy may someday become the newest weapon against lung cancer. Physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Medical Center are enrolling patients with non-small ...
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Study finds inflammation causes some postsurgical neuropathies
A new Mayo Clinic study found that nerve inflammation may cause the pain, numbness and weakness following surgical procedures that is known as postsurgical neuropathy. The development of postsurgical neuropathies is typically ...
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Sep 22, 2010 |
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Unexpected findings in patients with limbic encephalitis will change disease diagnosis and classification
New findings indicate that the target of autoantibodies that are associated with limbic encephalitis is LGI1 - a protein involved in fine-tuning of neuronal synapses. The results suggest that testing for these antibodies ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 27, 2010 |
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'Scout scans' map the way in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment
According to a study presented at SNM's 57th Annual Meeting, molecular imaging can evaluate and optimize non-Hodgkin's lymphoma therapy with Zevalin, a front-line radioimmunotherapy drug that uses a dose of radioactive material ...
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Clue to switch of bladder cancer from locally contained to invasive found
Bladder cancer often becomes aggressive and spreads in patients despite treatment, but now researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have identified a protein they believe is involved in pushing tumors to become ...
May 14, 2010 |
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Tailor-made HIV/AIDS treatment closer to reality
An innovative treatment for HIV patients developed by McGill University Health Centre researchers has passed its first clinical trial with flying colours. The new approach is an immunotherapy customized for each individual ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Combined BRAF-targeted and immunotherapy shows promise for melanoma treatment
Combined targeted therapy against the BRAF/MAPK pathway with immunotherapy shows promise as a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of melanoma, according to results of a preclinical study published in Cancer Research, a jour ...
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Targeted immunotherapy shows promise for metastatic breast, pancreatic cancers
Early trials using targeted monoclonal antibodies in combination with existing therapies show promise in treating pancreatic cancer and metastatic breast cancer, according to research that will be presented by investigators ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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IMPACT results show potential cancer treatment
Dr. Neal Shore (GB) presented for the first time in Europe the updated results of the study "Sipuleucel-T Active Cellular Immunotherapy for Metastatic, Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: results from the IMPACT trial," ...
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Immune system activated in schizophrenia
Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered that patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have higher levels of inflammatory substances in their brains. Their findings offer hope of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 18, 2009 |
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